#rural areas

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3.68 million in Central Java still in poverty

More than 3.68 million people in Central Java Province still live in poverty as of September 2019, the Central ...

Cigarettes contribute to the poverty line: BPS

Cigarettes have become one of the commodities that contributed greatly to the poverty line with a figure of 11.17 ...

Indonesia foils trade in 60kg of crystal meth

Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) thwarted a trans-national drug ring's attempt to trade 60 kilograms ...

VP receives two concepts of sharia-compliant economy

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin received two concepts of developing a sharia-compliant economy through rural areas and ...

Bappenas composes policy centering on swifter development in Papua

The National Development Planning Ministry/the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) has drafted a ...

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Strong commitment paramount to combating workplace sexual harassment

Workplace sexual harassment is among the most challenging and insidious issues since victims are oftentimes in a ...

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Realizing dignified world of work through ILO Convention No. 190

The nation’s people were left in a state of shock and disbelief after the case of Baiq Nuril Maknun, a former ...

Government adopts WB's ACT recommendation: Minister

Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, said the government has adopted the principles of Augment, Connect, Target ...

The 2019 Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival and the first China Meizhou International Elite Summit of tea industry held in Meizhou, Guangdong

-On September 23, China celebrates not just the autumnal equinox, the 16th of China's 24 solar terms, but also its ...

Digital technology access outside Jakarta remains dismal: Minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati admitted to Indonesia not yet having equitable access to digital technology ...

Government readies Rp2.4 trillion for Lake Toba development

The government, through the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing, has prepared some Rp2.4 trillion for the ...

Jokowi-Amin urged to improve rural economy

The Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin administration should be able to make rural areas a source of new economic growth, ...

APEC encourages digital skills for women in tourism

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is offering support to women involved in the tourism business to gain more ...

Sepandan in Indonesia-Malaysia border area joins village race

Sepandan Village, Batang Lupar District, lying in the Indonesia-Malaysia border area in the Kapuas Hulu District area, ...

West Papua receives award from Conservation International

West Papua Province received the Global Conservation Hero Award from the Conservation International (CI) at the ...